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HEROES DAY…SHALLI SAYS IT IS NOT A SWAPO AFFAIR
By: Kelvin Chiringa Former Namibian diplomat and military commander, Lieutenant General Martin Shalli, has said Heroes Day should seek to celebrate every Namibian who is contributing in their small ways in various fields for the betterment of the country. Shali…
NATIONAL CHESS TEAM ONTO DIVISION THREE
By: Justicia Shipena and Julia Heita The National Chess team scooped second place at the ongoing 2021 online Chess Olympiad. The team progresses to division three after 11 rounds of play. Charles Eichab, president of the Namibian Chess Federation said…
SPORTING ‘GODS’ SMILE ON NAMIBIA
By: Julia Heita and Justicia Shipena Sporting ‘gods’ smiled on Namibia this month with the country bagging four medals from the recently concluded world under 20 athletic championships in Kenya spearheaded by the country’s sprint aces of Beatrice Masilingi and…
ZAMBEZI SLAUGHTERS 733 LIVESTOCK IN JULY
By: Nghiinomenwa Erastus The Zambezi newly revived export abattoir has slaughtered 733 cattle for the month of July 2021, Meat Board of Namibia July statistics shows. The July slaughter is the second for the year after it had slaughtered 455…
SHIFETA TO HEAR SAND MINING CASE
By: Dwight Links and Hellen Andreas The minister of environment, Pohamba Shifeta, is scheduled to be part of a hearing between the Ondando-C village members and the Ondonga Traditional authority. Ondando-C village is in the Oniipa area, Oshikoto region. The…
UNIONIST CALLS ON GEINGOB TO ACT ON PM
By: Kelvin Chiringa President Hage Geingob must be seen to be consistent and summon Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila to explain herself on the controversial loans paid out to her husband at the Development Bank of Namibia (DBN). Although the PM…
GEINGOB’S HIGH-LEVEL PANEL ON ECONOMY…WHERE IS THE N$20B IN PLEDGES?
By: Andrew Kathindi It has been two years since President Hage Geingob’s panel set up to revive the economy said they had received pledges worth more than N$20b. The Presidential High-Level Panel on the Namibian Economy was chaired by…
WINDHOEK SALARY INCREASES…DISGRACED AR SUMMONS JOB
Staff Writer The Affirmative Repositioning has summoned its leader, Job Amupanda, to their Head Quarters to explain his role in the proposed budget at the City of Windhoek. The budget presented Monday shows that for 2020/21, the mayor’s annual allowances…
SUPPORT THEM NOW and NOT WHEN THEY WIN-EKANDJO
Justicia Shipena and Julia Heita MTC’s chief of human capital and corporate affairs Tim Ekandjo called out Namibian corporate sector for only supporting national icons after they have won. Ekandjo said, during a press conference announcing sponsorship for Miss Namibia…
NO SALARY INCREASES FOR JOB: CoW
Staff Writer The City of Windhoek’s George Mayumbelo has denied that there has been a salary increment for mayor Job Amupanda. Reports have been that Amupanda is set to earn an increment in his allowance which is comparatively N$ 5,000.00…